levy
verb
[ ˈlɛvi ]
• impose (a tax, fee, or fine).
• "a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes"
• enlist (someone) for military service.
• "he sought to levy one man from each vill for service"
Similar:
conscript,
call up,
enlist,
mobilize,
rally,
muster,
marshal,
press,
recruit,
raise,
assemble,
round up,
draft,
levy
noun
• an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.
• "police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates"
Similar:
tax,
tariff,
toll,
excise,
duty,
fee,
imposition,
impost,
exaction,
assessment,
tithe,
payment,
mulct,
taxation,
customs,
dues,
• an act of enlisting troops.
• "Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army"
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.
